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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11567
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14765
13 Actual Demand 11264
14 Aggregate Planning 12297
15 Air Cargo 10176
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6709
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34956
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15382
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19381
20 Assembly Line 22662
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23069
22 Average Speed of Answer 26622
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23273
24 Batch Production 38577
25 Bill Discounting 14638
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11325
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7217
28 Blanket Release 10096
29 Bonded Warehouse 10127
30 Booking Number 13905
31 Bottleneck 9609
32 Buffer Stock 59505
33 Build to Stock 13083
34 Bullwhip Effect 9760
35 Business Logistics 25885
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12639
37 Capacity Management 40844
38 Capacity Utilization 14197
39 Capital Intensive 8507
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8848
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12214
42 Certified Supplier 9019
43 Channel Effectiveness 8992
44 Co-Destiny 9369
45 Co-managed Inventory 12642
46 Co-Packers 11844
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6948
48 Computer-Based Training 7750
49 Consular Invoice 19918
50 Container Depot 10667
51 Container Freight Station 10326
52 Continuous Replenishment 19642
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12149
54 Contract Carrier 7357
55 Contract of Affreightment 11479
56 Control Charts 8017
57 Cost Flow 10346
58 Courier Service 15333
59 CPFR 8283
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11874
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44337
62 Date Code 18360
63 Days of Supply 19934
64 Dead on Arrival 9417
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7370
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8186
67 Detective Control 8978
68 Devanning 14287
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11042
70 Dispatching 24671
71 Distributed Inventory 8420
72 Distribution Channel Management 34964
73 Distribution Metrics 9225
74 Distribution Planning 24292
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15322
76 Double Marginalization 52886
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22477
78 Dual 5485
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20697
80 Echelon Inventory 26296
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38353
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49961
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7678
84 Efficient Frontier 25605
85 Engineer-to-Order 31871
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16661
87 Erlang B Formula 9412
88 ETD 8389
89 Ex Works 7882
90 Exception Rate 13583
91 Exponential smoothing 9883
92 External Growth 10159
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9583
94 Field Services 7789
95 Field Warehouse 10724
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8873
97 Fishbone Diagram 14686
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27195
99 Flow Through Distribution 12395
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8250
101 FOB Destination 13131
102 Forward buying 30315
103 Freight Charge 10475
104 Freight Consolidation 7590
105 Gantt Chart 8341
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11816
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29685
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12764
109 Hub 23544
110 Idle Time 8130
 
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